Device for handling beer-kegs.



PATENTED AUG. 25. 1908 F. J DONOUGHE, DEVICE FOR HANDLING BEER KEGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14,1907.

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FRANCIS J. DONOUGHE, OF GALLITZIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING BEER-KEQS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Application filed June 14, 1907. Serial No. 379,006.'

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS J. DONOUGHE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gallitzin, in the county of Cambria and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Device for HandlingBeer-Kegs,

of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a device for handling beer kegs.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofdevices for handling kegs, and to provide a simple, inexpensive andefiicient device of great strength and durability, adapted to enable twobeer kegs to be conveniently carried in each hand without liability ofthe kegs swinging and striking the legs of the person carrying them.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter, which may also be employed for carrying a single keg, andwhich will be capable of obtaining a firm hold on a keg at the chimethereof.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in. theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device, constructedin accordance.

with this invention and shown applied to two kegs. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the device applied to a single keg. Fig. 3 is an invertedU-shaped body portion, consisting of a transverse handle or grip 2 andsides 3. The sides are provided at their lower ends with keg-engagingfoot portions 4. The foot portions 4, which are rigid with the sides 3,

extend inwardly from the sides and also proj ect laterally from the samein opposite directions. Each foot is provided at the back or heel with afiat lower face 5, adapted to fit against the fiat face of'the head 6 ofa keg 7 to steady the keg and prevent the same from swinging andstriking the legs of the person carrying it.

The front or engaging portion of the foot is beveled at the lower faceand provided with a plurality of tapering points or toes 8, which engagethe chime 9 of the keg 7, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of thedrawing. The engaging points or toes, which are embedded inthe chime,enables the device to obtain a firm hold on a keg, and when the deviceis engaged with two kegs, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of thedrawing, the weight of the kegs will operate to maintain thedevice'firmly in engagement with them.

The device is adapted to be applied to two contiguous kegs, having theirbilge portions in contact with each other. When two kegs are lifted bymeans of the device, the center of gravity of each keg lying beyond thevertical plane of the point of attachment of the device, will tend tothrow the upper portion of the keg outwardly and thereby effectuallyprevent the keg from becoming accidentally disengaged from the device.

The device is adapted for carrying a single keg, as illustrated in Fig.2 of the drawing, and as the handle is rigid with the sides of the body,and the feet are rigid with the sides, the device is adapted to operateas a leverin forcing the points into the chime. rear portion or heel,which is adapted to pre vent a keg from swinging, also forms a fulcrumfor the device to enable the points, which extend upwardly from theheel, to'be forced into the chime.

The specific construction of the foot is an important feature of thisinvention, and may be employed with variously constructed handies andbodies.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. A keg carrying device comprising abody having a rigid handle, and a foot portion rigid with the body andprovided at the front with a plurality of upwardly extending chimeengaging points, said foot being also provided at the back or heel witha fiat face arranged to fit against the outer face of the head of a kegto prevent the same from prevent the same from swinging and forming afulcrum to force the upwardly extending points into the chime.

3. A keg carrying device comprising a body having a rigid handle, and afoot portion rigid with the body and provided at the front with aplurality of upwardly extending chime-engaging points, and having alower flat face arranged in rear of the same to fit against the head ofa keg to prevent the latter from swinging, said foot portion beingbeveled from the lower flat face to the said projecting points and thesaid fiat face being arranged to form a fulcrum to force the points intothe chime.

4. A keg carrying device comprising a body having spaced sides and arigid connecting top portion, and keg-engaging means rigid with andextending inwardly from the lower ends of the sides of the body, wherebythe connecting top portion is spaced above the kegs and forms a handlewhen the device is in engagement with two contiguous kegs, and eitherside'of the body is adapted to form a handle when the device is engagedwith a single keg for carrying the same.

5. A device of the class described comprising a substantially U-shapedbody composed of spaced sides'and a connecting top portion rigid'withthe sides, and foot portions rigid with and extending inwardly from thesides to enable the device to engage either a single keg or twocontiguous kegs, and provided at their inner ends with chime-engagingpoints and having rear portions arranged to fit against the heads ofthe'kegs to steady the same to form a fulcrum for forcing the pointsFRANCIS J. DONOUGHE.

Witnesses:

W. J. DAwsoN, A. J. SANKER.

